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BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 2

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 3

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 4

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 5

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 6

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 7

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 8

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 9

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 10

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 11

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 12

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 14

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 15

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 16

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 17

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 18

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 19

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 20

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 21

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 22

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 23

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 24

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 25

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 26

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 27

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 28

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 29

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 30

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 31

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 32

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 33

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 34

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 35

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 36

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 37

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 38

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 39

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 40

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 41

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 42

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 43

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 44

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 45

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 46

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 47

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 48

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 49

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 50

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 51

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 52

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 53

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 54

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 55

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 56

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 57

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 58

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 59

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 60

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 61

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 62

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 63

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 64

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 65

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 66

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 67

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 68

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 69

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 70

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 71

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 72

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 73

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 74

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 75

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 76

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 77

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 78

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 79

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 80

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 81

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 82

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 83

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 84

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 85

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 86

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 87

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 88

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 89

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 90

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 91

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 92

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 93

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 94

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 95

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 96

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 97

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 98

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 99

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 100

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 101

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 102

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 103

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 104

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 105

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 106

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 107

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 108

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 109

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 110

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 111

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 112

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 113

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 114

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 115

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 116

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 117

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 118

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 119

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 120

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 121

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 122

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 123

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 124

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 125

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 126

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 127

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 128

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 129

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 130

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 131

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 132

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 133

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 134

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 135

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 136

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 137

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 138

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 139

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 140

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 141

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 142

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 143

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 144

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 145

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 146

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 147

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 148

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 149

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 150

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 151

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 152

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 153

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 154

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 155

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 156

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 157

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 158

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 159

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 160

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 161

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 162

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 163

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 164

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 165

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 166

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 167

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 168

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 169

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 170

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 171

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 172

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
of Belshazzars’s palace. 1BC
1107

“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 173

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”


Slide 174

BEHOLD THE LAMB

A Journey Through the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in heaven is the very center of Christ’s work
in behalf of men. It concerns every living soul upon the
earth. It opens to view the plan of redemption, bringing us
down to the very close of time, and revealing the
triumphant issue of the contest between righteousness and
sin. It is of the utmost importance that all should
thoroughly investigate these subjects, and be able to give
the hope that is in them.
It opens to view a complete system of truth, connected and
harmonious, perfectly calculated to explain the past, the
present, and establish faith to a certain glorious future.

INTRODUCTION
“Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.
Ex. 25:8
God Himself gave to Moses the plan of the sanctuary, it’s size
and form, the material to be used, and every article of furniture
which it was to contain. “The holy places made with hands” were
to be “figures of the true,” “Patterns of things in the heavens.”
Heb. 9:23,24
This is more than a presentation, it is a study of the plan of
salvation that leads to eternal life. A study that points to the
“Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world.” John
1:29

“And Moses stretched
out his hand over the
sea; and the LORD
caused the sea to go
back by a strong east
wind all that night, and
made the sea dry land,
and the waters were
divided.

And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the
sea upon the dry ground:
and the waters were a
wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their
left.” Ex. 14:21-,22

The God of heaven
delivered the vast hosts
of Israel from the
mighty armies of Egypt.
His mighty hand rolled
back the waters of the
Red Sea that stood like
a wall, and the people of
God were delivered
from their enemies.

On the fifteenth day of the
second month, after leaving
Egypt, the Israelites began to
doubt that God was leading
them and murmured against
Moses and Aaron. They Said, “
Would to god we had died by
the hand of the LORD in the
land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh-pots, and when we did
eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this
wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger” Ex.16:3

Moses told the people that their
wants would be supplied. “The
LORD shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the
morning bread to the full.”
Ex. 16:8 At nightfall the camp
was surrounded by vast flocks
of quail, enough for everyone.
In the morning there lay upon
the ground manna, the bread
from heaven.

When the Israelites came into
the wilderness they wondered
how all the people and the
flocks and herds would be fed.
God told Moses, “I will rain
bread from heaven for you.”
Ex. 16:4

Directions were given to the
people to gather a daily supply
of manna with a double amount
on the sixth day, so the sacred
observance of the Sabbath
might be maintained.

The manna fell during the night
and in the morning there lay on
the ground a small round thing,
as small as hoer frost. “It was
like coriander seed, white.” Ex
16:31 The people called it
manna. Moses said, “This is the
bread which the LORD hath
given you to eat.” Ex 16:15

Every week during their long
journey in the wilderness, a
double amount of manna fell on
the sixth day and none on the
seventh. The portion needed on
the Sabbath was preserved
sweet and pure. If it were kept
over at any other time it became
unfit for use.

The people ground the manna
in mills, or beat it in a mortar,
and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it. “And the
taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.” Ex. 16:31
“The children of Israel did
eat manna forty years until
they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat
manna, until they came unto
the borders of the land of
Canaan.” Ex.16:35

In the wilderness, when all
means of sustenance failed,
God Sent His people manna
from heaven; and a sufficient
and constant supply was given.
This provision was to teach
them that while they trusted in
God, and walked in His ways,
He would not forsake them.

During all the wanderings of
Israel in the desert, wherever
the need existed, they were
supplied with water by a
miracle of God’s mercy. In
Exodus 17 we read: “And all
the congregation of the
children of Israel journeyed
from the wilderness of Sin,
after their journeys, according
to the commandment of the
LORD, and pitched in
Rephidim: and there was no
water for the people to drink.”
Ex 17:1

God instructed Moses to take
his rod and hit the rock in
Horeb, and water would come
out of it so that all the people
may drink. Moses did what
God had told him and water
flowed out of the rock to
satisfy all the peoples thirst.
It was Christ, by the power of
his word, that caused the
refreshing stream to flow for
Israel. “They drank of that
spiritual rock that followed
them; and the rock was Christ.”
1 Cor 10:4

When the children of Israel were
delivered from the Egyptians, they
came to a wilderness. A cloudy
pillar led their way. Their route
had led them across barren plains,
over steep ascents, and through
rocky defiles. Eventually they
entered a deep, gravelly pass
which led them to Mount Sinai.
The cloudy pillar rested upon its
summit and the people spread
their tents upon the plain beneath.
Here was to be their home for
nearly a year. Here Israel was to
receive the most wonderful
revelation ever made by God to
men.

Soon after the encampment at
Sinai, Moses was called up into
the mountain to meet with God.
Alone he climbed the steep and
rugged path, and drew near to the
cloud that marked the place of
Jehovah’s presence.

Several times Moses ascended
the mountain to receive
instructions from the LORD.
God was preparing the people to
receive His holy law, and the
instructions on making a
tabernacle where He would
reveal His presence in the most
holy place of the sanctuary.
Moses ascended the mountain
where God communed with him
for forty days.

What did Moses see and hear
while he was on the Mount? By
day and by night the prophet was
intensively observing what God
revealed to him. He saw the great
and marvelous sanctuary in
heaven. He saw the glory of God
in the midst of the heavenly
throne. God told Moses, “Make
all things according to the
pattern.” Heb 8:5

Moses was commanded to make
such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
summoned Moses to the mount.

When God gave Moses the holy
law on Mt. Sinai it was a
glorious and awesome occasion.
At this solemn meeting on Mt.
Sinai, there were tens of
thousands of holy angels
present. “The LORD came from
Sinai..and He came with ten
thousands of saints; from His
right hand went a fiery law for
them.” Deut 33:2 see Jude 14

The angelic host that attended
the divine majesty summoned
the people by a sound
resembling that of a trumpet
which waxed louder and louder
until the whole earth trembled.
Lightings flashed and peals
surrounding heights. “and
Mount Sinai was altogether on a
smoke because the LORD
descended upon it in fire; and
the smoke thereof ascended as
the smoke of a furnace, and the
whole mount quaked greatly.”
Ex. 19:18

“The glory of the LORD was
like devouring fire on the top of
the mount” Ex. 24:17 in the
sight of the assembled
multitude. And the voice of the
trumpet sounded louder and
louder. So terrible were the
tokens of Jehovah’s presence
that the hosts of Israel shook
with fear and fell upon their
faces before the LORD

And now the thunders ceased;
the trumpet was no longer
heard; the earth was still.
There was a period of solemn
silence, and then the voice of
God was heard. Surrounded
by a retinue of angels, the
LORD made known his law.

Jehovah revealed himself, not
alone in the awful majesty of the
judge and law giver, but as the
compassionate guardian of his
people: “I am the LORD thy God
which brought thee out of the land
of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage.” Ex 20:2 He whom they
had already known as their guide
and deliverer, who had brought
them forth from Egypt, making a
way for them through the sea, and
overthrowing Pharaoh and his
host, who had thus shown himself
to be above all the gods of Egypt.
He-it was who now spoke his law.

God did not speak his law for
the Hebrews alone, but for the
whole world. Ten precepts,
briefs, comprehensive, and
authoritative, cover the duty of
man to God, and to his fellow
man; and all based upon the
great fundamental principle of
love.
The ten commandments law is
the standard of righteousness
and the rule of judgment.

Where is Christ seen in the
law? In the fourth
commandment we read of the
creator God who “made
heaven, and earth, the sea, and
all that in them is.” Ex. 20:11
The fourth commandment
reveals the creator of heaven
and earth. In John 1:1-3 we
read, “in the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning
with God, All things were made
by him; and without him was
not anything made that was
made.”

Man has tried to change God’s
seventh day Sabbath to the first
day of the week. Anyone that
takes away the seventh day
Sabbath out of the law takes
Christ out of the law. The
seventh day Sabbath is in the
heart of the law. This law was
placed in the ark of the
covenant in the most holy place
in the sanctuary.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy,. Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work. But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the LORD thy God; init thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, they
manservant, nor the
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor
thy stranger that is within thy
gates. For in Six days the LORD
made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hollowed it. Ex. 20:8-11

“The glory that shown on the
face of Moses was a reflection
of the righteousness of Christ in
the law. The law itself would
have no glory, only that in it
Christ is embodied. It has no
power to save. It is lusterless.
Only as in it Christ is
represented as full of
righteousness and truth.”
RH 4/22/02

“And when Aaron and all the
children of Israel saw Moses,
behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to
come nigh him.” Ex 34:30
Because of the glory that shown
on his face, Moses had to veil
his face when he spoke to the
children of Israel, Israel’s
prophet was unconscious of the
glory that rested upon him.

Moses close and constant
communion with God resulted
in a manifestation of the glory of
God in the prophets face. In a
spiritual sense, it is our privilege
to reflect the outshining of
God’s glory as a result of close
communion with Christ. “But
we all, with open face,
beholding as in a glass the glory
of the LORD, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the sprit of the
LORD.” 2 Cor 3:18

THE GOLDEN CALF
While Moses and Joshua had
ascended the mount and had
entered the cloud of thick
darkness, the people waited.
Day after day and week after
week passed, and still they did
not return. At times, lightning
flashed on the mount and the
people thought that Moses was
consumed by the devouring fire.
There was a great mixed
multitude that came out of
Egypt with the Israelites that
became impatient and wanted to
return to Egypt.

Among the objects regarded by
the Egyptians as symbols of
deity was the ox or calf. Those
that had worshipped an ox in
Egypt suggested that they make
a golden calf to lead them back
to Egypt.

The Bible says that the people
broke off their golden earrings
that were used to make a golden
calf. The people danced around
the golden calf and worshipped
it. They forgot how God led
them out of Egypt through the
Red Sea and how the Egyptian
host were destroyed by the
hand of God. Now they
worshipped a symbol of the sun
as God rather than the true God
of heaven.

And Moses turned, and went
down from the mount, and the
two tables of testimony were in
his hand: the tables were written
on both their sides: on the one
side and on the other were they
written. And the tables were the
work of God, and the writing
was the writing of God, graven
upon the tables. And it came to
pass as he come nigh unto the
camp, that he saw the calf and
the dancing: and Moses anger
waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.

And he took the calf which they
made, and burnt it in the fire, and
ground it to powder, and strewed
it upon the water, and made the
children of Israel drink it.
Moses was overwhelmed. He
had just come from the presence
of God’s glory. To show his
abhorrence of their crime, he
threw down the tables of stone,
and they were broken in the sight
of all the people, thus signifying
that as they had broken their
covenant with God, so God had
broken his covenant with them.

While Moses was in the mount
God presented before him a view
of the heavenly sanctuary, and
commanded him to make all
things according to the pattern
shown him.
“Now of the things which we
have spoken, this is the sum: We
have such a High Priest who is
set on the right hand of the throne
of the majesty in the heavens; A
minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle which the
LORD pitched and not man”
Heb. 8:1,2

Moses was commanded to
make such careful and strict
observations that every detail of
the sanctuary he was to erect
would be in perfect accord with
what was revealed to him. The
sanctuary with its services and
its furnishings was given to
Moses from the LORD directly
by revelation. This is why God
commanded Moses to the
mount.

Moses must have drawn the
plans of the tabernacle so that he
could show the builders what
God had revealed to him. He
needed special workmen and the
Bible tells us of two gifted men
that God chose for the work.

“And Moses said unto the
children of Israel see, the LORD
hath called by name Bezeleel,
the son of Ure, the son of Hur,
of the tribe of Judah; and he
hath filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, in
understanding, and in
knowledge, and in all manner of
workmanship” Ex 35:30,31

Verse 34 names the second
gifted workman as Aholiab, of
the tribe of Dan. “Them hath he
filled with wisdom of heart, to
work all manner of work, of the
engraver, and the cunning
workman, and of the
embroiderer, in blue, and in
purple, in scarlet, and in fine
linen, and the weaver, even of
those that devise cunning
work.” Ex. 35:35

“And the LORD spoke unto
Moses saying, speak unto the
children of Israel that they may
bring me an offering: of every
man that giveth it willingly with
his heart ye shall take my
offering”
Ex 25:1,2

The people gave their offerings.
They brought gold and silver and
brass, blue and purple and
scarlet, and fine linen and goats
hair, and rams skins dyed red,
and badgers skins, and shittim
wood, and oil, and incense, and
precious stones.

The women brought their brass
mirrors and jewelry, earrings
and bracelets and rings. In
Egypt the women put on
jewelry for outward adornment.
God wanted them to take off
their jewelry so it could be used
in the inside of the temple for
His glory

While the building of the
sanctuary was in progress, the
people, old and young, men,
women and children, continued
to bring their offerings, until
those in charge of the work
found that they had enough, and
even more than could be used.
And Moses caused to be
proclaimed throughout the
camp, “Let neither man nor
woman make any more work
for the offering of the sanctuary.
So the people were restrained
from bringing.”
Ex 36:6

All who love the worship of
God, and prize the blessing of
his sacred presence, will desire
to bring their very best offering
for the service of God. Even
the children learned the lesson
of giving for the building of the
tabernacle.

For the building of the
sanctuary, great and expensive
preparations were necessary; a
large amount of the most
precious and costly material
was required; yet the LORD
accepted only free-will
offerings. Devotion to God and
a spirit of sacrifice were the
first requisites in preparing a
dwelling place for the Most
High.

It took about half a year to
build the tabernacle. When it
was completed, Moses
examined all the work of the
builders, comparing it with the
pattern that God gave him on
the mount, and the directions
he had received from God.
“As the LORD had
commanded, even so had they
done it; and Moses blessed
them.”
Ex 39:43

The sacred tent was enclosed in
an open space called the court,
which was surrounded by
hangings, or screens of fine
linen, suspended from the pillars
of brass. The entrance to this
enclosure was at the eastern end.
It was closed by curtains of
costly material and beautiful
workmanship though inferior to
those of the sanctuary. The
hangings of the court were about
half as high as the walls of the
tabernacle The tent could be
seen by the people without.

In the court, and nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen altar
of burnt-offering. Upon the
altar were consumed all the
sacrifices made by fire unto the
LORD, and the horns were
sprinkled with the atoning
blood.

Between the altar and the door
of the tabernacle was the brass
laver made from the mirrors
that had been the free-will
offering of the women of
Israel. At the laver the priests
were to wash their hands and
their feet whenever they went
into the sacred apartments, or
approached the altar to offer a
burnt-offering unto the LORD.

The roof of the tabernacle was
formed of four sets of
curtains. The innermost was
made of fine twined linen,
and blue, purple and scarlet,
with cherubim's of cunning
work. The cherubim's were
made with threads of gold
embroidered in the the fabric.

The other three were of goats
hair that was white, rams
skins dyed red, and seal skins
that were dark brown or
black. One curtain was laid on
the other to protect the
sanctuary.
Notice that innermost curtains
were the most beautiful and
the outside covering was
plain.

Many lessons can be drawn from
the way these curtains were
arranged. As they deal with
Christ, we find the outer curtain
that was plain could refer to
Jesus not bringing attention to
Himself, but made Himself of no
reputation. The next covering
was red pointing to Christ’s
blood and sacrifice that cleanses
us from sin. The third covering
was white goats hair revealing
Christ’s righteousness. The
innermost would reveal His
divine nature with the service of
the angels around the throne.

THE COMMON PRIEST ROBE
In accordance with their office, a
special dress was appointed for
the priests. “Thou shalt make
holy garments for Aaron thy
brother, for glory and for
beauty.” Ex 28:2
This was the divine direction
given to Moses. The robe of the
common priest was of white
linen and woven in one peace. It
extended nearly to the feet, and
was confined about the waist by
a white linen girdle embroidered
in blue, purple, and red.

A linen turban, or miter,
completed his outer costume.
Moses at the burning bush was
directed to put off his sandals,
for the ground whereon he stood
was holy. So the priests were not
to enter the sanctuary with shoes
upon their feet. Particles of dust
cleaving to them would
desecrate the holy place.

They were to leave their shoes
in the court before entering the
sanctuary, and also to wash
both their hands and their feet
before ministering in the
tabernacle or at the altar of
burnt offering. Thus was
constantly taught the lesson that
all defilement must be put away
from those who would
approach into the presence of
God.

THE HIGH PRIEST ROBE
The garments of the high priest
were of costly material and
beautiful workmanship. In
addition to the linen dress of the
common priest, he wore a robe
of blue, also woven in one piece.
Around the skirt it was
ornamented with golden bells,
and pomegranates of blue,
purple and scarlet. Outside of
this was the ephod, a shorter
garment of gold, blue, purple,
scarlet, and white.

It was confined by a girdle of
the same colors beautifully
wrought. The ephod was
sleeveless, and on its goldembroidered shoulder pieces
were set two onyx stones,
bearing the name of the twelve
tribes of Israel.

All the colors on the high
priest’s garments had a
meaning. Blue represented the
perfection of the law. Purple
signifies royalty. Scarlet is a
symbol of sin or sacrifice.
White points to the
righteousness of Christ and
purity. Gold is a symbol of faith
that works by love. The golden
bells on the skirt signifies
witnessing and the
pomegranates represents
bearing much fruit.

THE BREASTPLATE
The most sacred of the priests
clothes. It was in the form of
a square and suspended from
the shoulders by a cord of
blue from golden rings. The
border was formed of
different stones set in gold,
the same that form the 12
foundations of the city of
God. Within the border were
12 stones set in gold arranged
in rows of four, and like those
in the shoulder pieces,
engraved with the names of
the tribes.

The LORD said, “So Christ,
the great high priest, pleading
his blood before the Father in
the sinners behalf, bears upon
his heart the name of every
repenting, believing soul.”

On the right and left of the
breastplate were two large
stones of great brilliancy.
These were know as the Urim
and Thummin. Through the
high priest the will of God was
made known. When questions
were brought for decision
before the LORD, a halo of
light encircling the precious
stone at the right was a token
of divine consent or approval.

When a cloud shadowing the
stone at the left was a sign of
denial. The Miter, or hat, of the
high priest was a white linen
turban. A gold plate with the
inscription, “Holiness to the
LORD” was attached by a lace
of blue on the front of the miter.
Ex 28:36-38 When the high
priest came before the LORD in
the sanctuary, he was to be pure
and holy and the worship was
to be sacred.

Every morning and evening a
lamb of a year old was to be
sacrificed. God expressly
directed that every offering
presented for the service of the
sanctuary should be “without
blemish.” Only an offering
“without blemish” could be a
symbol of Christ, the true Lamb
of God, Who was to offer
himself as “a lamb without
blemish and without spot.”
1Peter 1:19 This was called the
daily. Every day a lamb was
sacrificed in the morning a 9am
and in the evening at 3pm

Paul points to the daily
sacrifices as an example of
what the followers of Christ are
to become. He says, “I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice,
holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable
service.” Rom 12:1

Throughout the year the
blood of the victims was
brought into the sanctuary
and sprinkled “seven times
before the LORD, before the
veil of the sanctuary.” Lev
4:6,17 Immediately behind
the veil was the ark
containing the tables of the
law. In sinning, men had broken the law, and their transgression
demanded atonement. Throughout the year, the sprinkled blood never
reached the law. The ark of the covenant containing the 10
commandment law was behind the veil. On the day of atonement,
the veil was drawn aside and the blood was sprinkled upon the mercy
seat in the most holy place. The blood did not reach the law. The
mercy seat covered the law and there the blood rested.

The mercy seat was a
type of Christ. As our
great High priest Christ
stands between us and the
law, he is our propitiation,
literally a (mercy seat.)
Rom. 3:25 The law is
justice, it condemns the
sinner. “The wages of sin
is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
LORD.” Rom. 6:23 “Thy way, O God is in the sanctuary.” Ps.
77:13
“Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.” Matt.7:14

The ark of the testimony, the
mercy seat, and the cherubim
were placed in the rear part of
the tabernacle. Its position was
toward the west, so that when
the people worshiped toward
the holiest place, their backs
were always toward the east.
While the children of Israel
were in Egypt they were
continuously exposed to images
and temples dedicated to the
sun god and sun worship.

The Egyptians worshiped the
created rather than the Creator.
And God showed His
abhorrence to this idolatrous
worship. When the Egyptians
worshiped the sun they always
faced the east toward the
rising sun. In order that they
might show their contempt for
sun worship, the Hebrews
were commanded to turn their
backs toward the sun and face
west to worship the true
creator God.

Whenever the people turned
their backs upon the true God
and His worship, they always
fell into the trap of sun
worship. A prime example of
this is found in the eighth
chapter of Ezekiel.

“Then said he unto me, Hast
thou seen this o son of man?
turn thee yet again, and thou
shalt see greater abominations
than these. And he brought me
into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at
the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and
the altar, were about five and
twenty men, with their backs
toward the temple of the
LORD, and their faces toward
the east, and they worshiped
the sun toward the east. Eze.
8:15,16

THE BRAZEN ALTER
In the court nearest the
entrance, stood the brazen
altar of burnt offering. Upon
this altar were consumed all
the sacrifices made by fire unto
the LORD. On each corner of
the altar was a horn which was
sprinkled with the blood of the
animal sacrifice.

Coming through the door of
the outer court the sinner came
to the altar of sacrifice to offer
a lamb. The altar of burnt
offering, as it was also called,
was a type of the cross. The
Lamb or other animals
sacrificed pointed to the “The
Lamb of god which taketh
away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29

The work of the priest in the
outer court represented Christ’s
ministry on the earth. The
lamb, a symbol of the Lamb of
God, was tied to a horn of the
altar, waiting to be washed
ready for the sacrifice. Every
part of this altar was brass, a
symbol of victory through
suffering.

THE LAVER

The Laver was located between
the Brazen Altar and the door of
the sanctuary. Like the altar it
was made of brass, but unlike
the altar, it was made by the
brass looking glasses of the
women.

“And he made the Laver of
brass, and the foot of it brass,
of the looking glasses of the
women assembling, which
assembled at the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,” Ex. 38:8
The Laver was filled with
water so the priests could
wash their hands and feet.
They were to be clean when
they entered the tabernacle of
the congregation.

Within the first apartment of
the tabernacle, which was
called the holy place, were
three articles of furniture. They
were the table of showbread,
the altar of incense, and the
seven branched candlestick. All
were made of gold, and
represented sanctification in
Christian growth.

“ And he put the table in the
tent of the congregation, upon
the side of the tabernacle
northward, without the veil.”
And he set the bread in order
upon it before the LORD; as
the LORD commanded Moses.
And he put the candlestick in
the tent of the congregation,
over against the table, on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.

An he lighted the lamps before
the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses. And he
put the golden altar in the tent
of the congregation before the
veil. And he burnt sweet
incense thereon; as the LORD
commanded Moses.”
Ex. 40:22-27

The show bread was kept ever
before the LORD as a
perpetual offering. Thus it was
a part of the daily sacrifice. It
was called show-bread, or
“bread of the presence,”
because it was ever before the
face of the LORD. “And thou
shalt set upon the table showbread before me always.” Ex.
25:30

It was an acknowledgement of
man’s dependence upon God
for both temporal and spiritual
food, and that is received only
through the mediation of
Christ. God had fed Israel in
the wilderness with bread from
heaven, and they were still
dependent upon his bounty
both for temporal food and
spiritual blessings. Both the
manna and the show-bread
pointed to Christ, the living
bread, who is ever in the in the
presence of God for us.

He himself said, “ I am the
living bread which came down
from heaven” John 6:51
Frankincense was placed upon
the loaves. When the bread was
removed every Sabbath, to be
replaced by fresh loaves, the
frankincense was burned upon
the altar as a memorial before
God.

THE GOLDEN CANDLESTICK
The pattern of the candlestick
was shown to Moses when he
was with the LORD on Mt.
Sinai for forty days. It was to
be one whole piece made from
pure gold. The gold was to be
beaten which symbolizes the
persecution and suffering of
Christ and His followers.
The Candlestick, made of a
talent of pure gold, weighed
about 120 pounds.

The central shaft to which all
the branches are joined,
represents Christ, and the
candlestick as a whole
represents God’s true church.
The design of a bud, blossom,
and ripened fruit reveals
Christian growth. The oil within
the lamp represents the
witnessing of God’s devoted
followers and Christ, the light
of the world. The golden
Candlestick was placed in the
southern portion of the holy
place and revealed one of the
steps of sanctification.

THE ALTER OF INCENSE
The altar of incense was before
the inner veil of the sanctuary.
In the offering of incense the
priest was brought more directly
into the presence of God than
any other act of the daily
ministration. The priest looked
by faith to the mercy seat which
he could not see, so the people
of God are to direct their prayers
to Christ, their great high priest
who unseen by human vision is
pleading in their behalf in the
sanctuary above.

The altar of incense was the
prayer altar. It represents our
prayers ascending with the
incense, toward the heavenly
throne. The incense, ascending
with the prayers of Israel,
represents the merits and
intercession of Christ, his perfect
righteousness, which through faith
is imputed to this people, and
which can alone make the worship
of sinful beings acceptable to
God. The horns on the altar
represents the power of prayer and
the golden crown at the boarder of
the altar represents victory
through prayer.

The most holy place in the
tabernacle contained the ark of
the covenant. Within the ark was
the 10 commandments law
written with the finger of God.
The ark was made of acacia
wood, overlaid within and
without with gold, and having a
crown of gold about the top. It
was called the ark of God’s
testament, or the ark of the
covenant, since the 10
commandments were the basis of
the covenant made between God
and Israel.

The cover of the sacred chest
was called the mercy-seat. This
was wrought of one solid piece
of gold, and was surrounded by
golden cherubim, one standing
on each end. One wing of each
angel was stretched forth on
high, while the other was folded
over the body in token of
reverence and humility. Above
the mercy-seat was the
shekinah, the manifestation of
the divine presence; and from
between the cherubim God
made known His will by a voice
from the cloud.

In Hebrews 9:3-4 we read:
“And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called
Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the table of the covenant.”

The law of God that was within
the ark, was the great rule of
righteousness and judgment.
That law pronounced death
upon the transgressor; but above
the law was the mercy-seat,
upon which the presence of God
was revealed, and from which,
by virtue of the atonement,
pardon was granted to the
repentant sinner. Thus in the
work of Christ for our
redemption, symbolized by the
sanctuary service, “mercy and
truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.” Ps. 85:10

“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our LORD.”
Rom. 6:23
Only the high priest was allowed
to enter the most holy place once
a year on the solemn day of
atonement. When the high priest
first entered the most holy place
he came in with much incense
followed by the sprinkling blood
upon the mercy seat above the
table of the law. Thus the claims
of the law, which demanded the
life of the sinner, were satisfied.

The purpose of God for the
Israelites was to make known
to the world, as well as to
them, His plans and wishes,
concerning His great salvation
from sin through Jesus Christ.
God made it so plain, and
simple, and clear, that
everyone could understand His
will in the object lessons
revealed in the sanctuary.

The tabernacle in the
wilderness was the means that
God used not only to reveal
Himself in Christ’s ministry on
earth, but also His ministry in
heaven. The outer court
represented Christ’s work on
earth while the holy and most
holy places revealed Christ’s
work in heaven. Christ the lamb
was the object lesson in the
outer court. The altar of
sacrifice represented the cross
upon which the Lamb of God
was to be crucified. His baptism
was revealed in the Laver.

In the holy and most holy place
we see Christ as the Great High
Priest in the heavenly sanctuary.
One cannot understand Christ’s
mediatorial work in the heavenly
sanctuary without understanding
the object lessons revealed in the
earthly sanctuary. This was the
purpose of the earthly tabernacle
given to the Israelites as they
traveled in the wilderness for
forty years.

The most important part of the
daily ministration was the service
performed in behalf of individuals.
The repentant sinner could be seen
bringing a lamb across the open
space between the tents of the
people of the tabernacle. The
Israelites were to camp far off from
the sanctuary. There were not to
come any nearer than 2000 cubits
to the ark when they were
marching. Two thousand cubits is a
little more than two- thirds of a
mile. Nearly two and a half million
people were camped around the
sanctuary. We can only imagine how many people came every day
bringing their offering to the door of the tabernacle.

When the repentant sinner brought
his offering to the door of the
tabernacle, he placed his hand on
the victims head and confessed his
sins, thus in figure transferring
them from himself to he innocent
sacrifice. In the courtyard the sins
of the penitent man were
completely forgiven. He left
forgiven and cleansed. He was to
be considered as justified in the
sight of God. Now he could go as
a new person to start a new life
over again. The services in the
outer court taught the lesson of
justification.

The LORD in His mercy made
a wonderful and beautiful
provision for man’s recovery
and restoration from the terrible
ruin that sin had caused. In
order to be brought again in
favor with God, the repentant
sinner was to acknowledge his
guilt, confess his wrong, and
then take the life of the
blameless offering

The repentant sinner was to
slay the innocent victim with
his own hand. The blood was
carried by the priest into the
holy place an sprinkled before
the veil. Behind which was the
ark containing the law that the
sinner had transgressed. By
this ceremony the sin was,
through the blood, transferred
in figure to the sanctuary. In
some cases, the blood was not
to be taken in the holy place,
but the flesh was then to be
eaten by the priest, and Moses
directed the sons of Aaron ,
saying,

“God hath given it you to bear the
iniquity of the Congregation”,
Lev. 10:17 Both ceremonies
alike symbolized the transfer of
the sin from the penitent to the
sanctuary.

“He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth; he is brought as a lamb to
the slaughter, and as a sheep
before his shearers is dumb, so he
openeth not his mouth.” Isa. 53:7

As we come to the sanctuary
we see hangings “of fine twine
linen.” Ex. 27:9 This represents
the righteousness of Christ that
is offered to those who seek to
do His will. Christ’s
righteousness will be seen in
His people. Rev. 19:7

Next we see the gate or door
leading into the outer court.
“ And for the gate of the court
shall be an hanging of twenty
cubits of blue, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linen,
wrought with needlework and
their pillars shall be four, and
their sockets four.” Ex. 27:16

Jesus is symbolized by the
gate. John 10:1,7,9. The gate is
wide open to all the repentant
sinners. Jesus said, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6

Four pillars held up the curtains
of the gate. The colors on the
curtains represented the
character of Christ. Blue
signifies the perfection of the
law. Num. 15:37. Purple
represents royalty, Jesus
kingship. John 19:2,3 Scarlet
refers to service and sacrifice
Heb. 9:22. Gold and silver
needle work represents faith
and love, divinity and
obedience. Silver also refers to
the Holy Spirit woven into the
life. Ex. 30:12, Rev. 3:18.

Jesus was hung on the cross
with 4 nails driven through His
hands and feet.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
“And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, in
the seventh month, in the first
day of the month, shall ye
have a Sabbath, a memorial of
blowing of trumpets, and holy
convocation.” Lev. 23:23:24

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
Ten days before the Day of
Atonement, trumpets were
blown calling the people to
repentance. The Jews called it
“Rosh-Ha- Shona”. During
these ten days, the people
were to search their hearts and
repent of any sins they had
committed. The people were
to prepare for the most solemn
day of the year, the Day of
Atonement.

THE BLOWING OF THE TRUMPETS
The trumpet of God needs to
be blown today to call God’s
people to repentance, to
prepare them for the great
judgment day which the world
will soon have to meet. We are
in the great antitypical Day of
Atonement when the prophet
says, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet;
show my people their
transgressions, and the house
of Jacob their sins.” Isa. 58:1

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
Once a year, on the Great day of
Atonement, the priest entered the
most holy place for the cleansing of
the sanctuary. The work there
performed completed the yearly
round of ministration.

All during the year, the sins of
Israel were transferred to the
sanctuary. The holy places were
defiled, and a special work
became necessary for the
removal of sins. God
commanded that an atonement
be made for each of the sacred
apartments; as for the altar, to
cleanse it, and hollow it from
the uncleanness of the children
of Israel.

Every man was to afflict his
soul while the work of
atonement was going forward.
All business was laid aside,
and the whole congregation of
Israel spent the day in solemn
humiliation before God with
prayer, fasting and deep
searching of heart.

“This shall be a statute forever
unto you: that in the seventh
month, on the tenth day of the
month, ye shall afflict you souls,
and do no work at all whether it
be one of your country, or a
stranger that sojourneth among
you..” for on that day shall the
priest make an atonement for
you, to cleanse you, that ye may
be clean from all your sins
before the LORD.”
Lev. 16:30

On the day of atonement, two
kids of the goats were brought to
the door of the tabernacle, and
lots were cast upon them, one lot
for the LORD, and the other for
the scapegoat. The goat upon
which the first fell was to be
slain as a sin offering for the
people. Only one goat was to be
slain and the blood was to be
brought into the most holy place
of the sanctuary.

We must understand that the
LORD’s goat represented
Christ. There was no shedding
of blood with the scapegoat.
The scapegoat represented
Satan.
The blood of the LORD’s goat
atoned, in figure for the sins of
the people. With the blood of
the goat on which the lot fell.
“for the LORD” the high
priest made atonement for the
most holy place, the holy
place, and the altar of burnt
offering, because of the sins of
Israel.

As the high priest laid aside
his pontifical dress and
officiated in the white linen
dress of a common priest, so
Christ emptied Himself, and
took the form of a servant, and
offered sacrifice, Himself, the
priest, Himself, the victim.

As the high priest, after
performing his service in the
holy of holies, came forth to
the waiting congregation in his
pontifical robes, so Christ will
come the second time clothed
in glorious garments of the
whitest white.. He will come
in His own glory, and in the
glory of the Father, as King of
kings and LORD of lords, and
all the angelic host will escort
Him on His way.
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The high priest filled the censer
with incense, and while he was
making the atonement with the
blood in the most holy place, the
smoke from this incense filled
the sanctuary with the sweet
fragrance while the glory of the
LORD filled the place.

“And he shall take a censer full
of burning coals of fire from off
the altar before the LORD, and
his hands full of sweet incense
beaten small and bring it in the
veil. And he shall put the
incense upon the fire before the
LORD, that the cloud of the
incense may cover the mercy
seat that is upon the testimony,
that he die not.” Lev. 16:12,13

The day of atonement services
represented cleansing from sin
and reconciliation to God. An
important thing to remember is
that only the high priest was
allowed to enter the most holy
place on the day of atonement.
Even though the high priest was
commanded to enter into the
most holy place “once every
year,” “not without blood,”
should he have attempted to
enter into this most sacred
shrine at any other time of the
year, he would have met instant
death.

“The LORD said unto Moses,
Speak unto Aaron thy brother,
that he come not at all times
into the holy place within the
veil before the mercy seat,
which is upon the ark, that he
die not.” Lev. 16:2
The door (veil) that separated
the outer court from the holy
place was closed, and the veil
between the holy and the most
holy place was opened. The
high priest not only officiated in
the most holy place but in the
holy place as well.

The ministry of this day was to
involve a thorough cleansing
of the people of all their sins,
and a complete cleansing of all
in the camp of Israel. The
services of this day meant an
atonement for the holy
sanctuary… “An atonement for
the tabernacle of the
congregation, and for the altar,
and… An atonement for the
priests, and for all the people
of the congregation.”
Lev. 16:33

It was a most solemn time when
the high priest went into the most
holy place with the blood of the
LORD’s goat. With his finger he
sprinkled the blood before the
mercy seat seven times, and
upon the mercy seat seven times.
“And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place,
because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of
their transgressions in all their
sins; and so shall he do for the
tabernacle of the congregation
that remaineth among them in
the midst of their uncleanness.”
Lev. 16:16

The priest was commanded to
take the LORD’s goat, and kill
it for a sin offering for the
people. The blood of this sin
offering must be taken into the
most holy place of the
sanctuary. The Scripture says
that the blood of this offering
must be brought “within the
veil.” Lev. 16:15

Acting as the mediator the high
priest took the sins upon
himself and leaving the
sanctuary, he bore with him the
burden of Israel’s guilt. At the
door of the tabernacle he laid
his hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him, “All the iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all of
their transgressions in all their
sins, putting them upon the
head of the goat.” Lev. 16:21

When the sins were transferred
upon the scapegoat the people
were considered to be free from
their sins. The atonement was
now completed. The tabernacle
was cleansed. There was no
more sin in the camp. The
atonement was made for the
sanctuary, and for the
congregation of Israel, before
the LORD God.

After the high priest laid his
hands upon the head of the
scapegoat, and confessed over
him all the iniquities of the
children of Israel, a fit man took
the live goat into the
wilderness. The scapegoat was
named “Azazel” by the Jews,
which was a name for Satan.
Only the LORD’s goat had his
blood shed for the cleansing of
the sanctuary, There was no
shedding of blood of the
scapegoat; the scapegoat
represented Satan.

By a fit man Azazel was taken
into the wilderness, bearing the
iniquities of the camp of Israel
upon him. He does not return
into the camp. He remains in
an uninhabited land. His life is
not taken by the man chosen to
lead him out of the camp. He is
forever barred from returning
to the congregation.

The scapegoat was separated
from the people and sanctuary,
and left to die in the wilderness.
It is known by the Jews at the
present time that the word
“Azazel,” is a synonym for
Satan. Many Christians today
are taught that the scapegoat
represents Christ, but this is a
misconception in understanding
the true meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary and
the judgment hour message.
Once again, we must realize that
there was no shedding of blood
with the scapegoat.

As in the final atonement the
sins of the truly penitent are to
be blotted from the records of
heaven, no more to be
remembered or come into mind,
so in the type they were born
away into the wilderness,
forever separated from the
congregation.

Since Satan is the originator of
sin, the direct instigator of all the
sins that caused the death of the
Son of God, justice demands that
Satan shall suffer the final
punishment. Christ’s work for
the universe from sin, will be
closed by the removal of sin
from the heavenly sanctuary and
the placing of these sins upon
Satan, who will bear the final
penalty. So in the typical service,
the yearly round of ministration
closed with the purification of
the sanctuary, and the confessing
of the sins on the head of the
scapegoat.

As the scapegoat was led into
the wilderness and separated
from repentant Israel, so will
Satan be separated from God’s
people and forced to live on this
earth when it is without form
and void.

Bound by a chain of
circumstances stronger than
links forged by the most
powerful brawn of man or of
demons, Satan will be cast out
into the wilderness of this dark
and desolate earth. For a
thousand years, Satan will be
on death row with all the evil
angels cursing him for all the
suffering he has caused them.
The terrors of death face him
when the final judgment will
come at the end of the
millennium.

As the Israelites traveled at
times, they suffered from
weariness and thirst. They
failed to endure the test of
their faith and patience. “And
the people spake against God,
and against Moses, wherefore
have ye brought us up out of
Egypt to die in the wilderness”
Num. 21:5

Because of the ingratitude and
unbelief, the LORD permitted
death to come upon them. The
poisonous serpents that infested
the wilderness were called fiery
serpents, on account of the
terrible effect produce by their
sting, it causing violent
inflammation and speedy death.
As the protecting hand of God
was removed from Israel, great
numbers of people were
attacked by these venomous
creatures.

The people came to Moses and
said, “We have sinned, for we
have spoken against the
LORD, and against thee.”
“And the LORD said unto
Moses, make a fiery serpent
and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass that every
one that is bitten, when he
looketh upon it shall live. And
Moses made a serpent of brass,
and put it upon a pole, and it
came to pass , that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.” Num.21:8,9

The word was sounded
throughout the encampment
that all who would look upon
the serpent should live. The
people well knew that in itself
the serpent had no power to
help them. It was a symbol of
Christ. As the image made in
the likeness of destroying
serpent was lifted up for their
healing, so One made “in the
likeness of sinful fresh” was to
be their Redeemer.

To refuse to look was to perish.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so was
the Son of Man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
eternal life.” John 3:14,15

The Israelites saved their lives
by looking upon the uplifted
serpent,. That look implied faith.
So the sinner may look to Christ
and live. He receives pardon
through faith in the atoning
sacrifice of Christ.

The lifting up of the brazen serpent
was to teach Israel an important
lesson. They could not save
themselves from the fatal effect of
the poison of their wound. God
alone was able to heal them. Yet
they were required to show their
faith in the provision which he had
made. They must look , in order to
live.
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness,” even so was the
“son of man lifted up, that
whosoever believeth in him Should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 3:14,15

All who have lived upon the earth
have felt the deadly sting of “that
serpent, called the devil, and
Satan.” Rev. 13:9 The fatal effect
of sin can be removed only by the
provision that god has made The
Israelites saved their lives by
looking upon the uplifted serpent.
That look implied faith, so the
sinner may look to Christ and live.
He receives pardon through faith
in the atoning sacrifice. Faith is a
gift of God, but the power to
exercise it is ours. Faith is the
hand by which the soul takes hold
upon the divine offers of grace
and mercy.

The spotless Son of God hung
upon the cross, His flesh
lacerated with stripes; those
hands so often reached out in
blessing, nailed to the wooden
bars; those feet so tireless on
ministries of love, spiked to the
cross; that royal head pierced
by the crown of thorns; those
quivering lips shaped to the cry
of woe.

And all that He endured, the
blood drops that racked His
frame, and the un-utter-able
anguish that filled his soul at
the hiding of His father’s face.
Jesus, the sin-bearer, endured
the wrath of divine justice, and
for our sakes became sin itself.

“For he hath made him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.”
2Cor. 5:21

Every lamb sacrificed in the
earthly sanctuary pointed to the
time when Jesus would be
sacrificed on the cross and
became the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sin of the
world. “unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in
his own blood… to him be
glory and dominion for ever
and ever. Amen. Rev.1:5,6

The SANCTUARY VEIL
At the moment in which Christ
dies, there were priests
ministering in the temple before
the veil which separated the
holy from the most holy place.
Suddenly they felt the earth
tremble beneath them, and the
veil of the temple, a strong, rich
drapery that had been renewed
yearly, was rent in twain from
top to bottom by the same
bloodless hand that wrote the
words of doom upon the walls
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“Jesus, when he had cried
again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost.” “ And
behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent.”
Matt. 27:50,51

When the loud cry, “it is
finished,” came from the lips of
Christ, the priests were
officiating in the temple. It was
the hour of the evening
sacrifice. The lamb representing
Christ had been brought to be
slain. Clothed in his significant
and beautiful dress, the priest
stood with lifted knife, as , did
Abraham when he was about to
slay his son. With intense
interest, the people were
looking on. But the earth
trembles and quakes, for the
LORD Himself draws near.

With rending noise, the inner
veil of the temple is torn from
top to bottom by an unseen
hand, throwing open to the
gaze of the multitude a place
once filled with the presence of
God. In this place the shekinah
had dwelt. Here God had
manifested His glory above the
mercy seat. The veil is rent in
twain. The most holy place of
the earthly sanctuary is no
longer sacred.

All is terror and confusion.
The priest is about to slay the
victim, but the knife drops
from his nerveless hand and the
lamb escapes. The type has met
antitype in the death of God’s
son. The great sacrifice has
been made. There is now an
end to all sacrifices and
offerings for sin. A new and
living way prepared for all.
Henceforth, the Saviour is our
great high priest in heaven.

In the study of the sanctuary
we find the plan of salvation.
It reveals Christ as our Savior
and Redeemer. Philippians 2
is one of the most meaningful
chapters in the entire Bible. As
we read these verses let us
follow the path that Christ
took from the heavenly throne
to the cross..

“Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ
Jesus. Who being in the form
of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God: But
made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of
a servant, and was made in the
likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross.

Wherefore, God hath highly
exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every
name: That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow,
of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the
earth: And that every tongue
should confess that Jesus
Christ is LORD, to the glory
of God the Father.” Phil.2:511

In the sanctuary Christ leads
us on the path to glory and our
heavenly home.
Justification (forgiveness)
Sanctification (obedience)
Perfection of character, are the
steps to glorification

Balaam was once a good man
and prophet of God. But he had
given himself up to
covetousness. Balak, the king
of Moab, was troubled when
he saw the Israelites camped
on the boarders of his country.
Balak saw that the God of
heaven was with Israel and that
He worked supernaturally for
His chosen people. Balak
thought where force of arms
would fail that sorcery would
counteract the work of God.
He wanted to bring a curse on
Israel.

Balaam lived in Mesopotamia
and was reported to possess
supernatural powers, and his
fame had reach the land of
Moab. Balak sent messengers
to Balaam, promising great
wealth if he would come and
curse Israel. Balaam came to
Moab and with Balak came to
a summit where they could
look upon the encampment of
Israel. They saw the vast
extent and perfect arrangement
of their camp.

The tabernacle was in the
center of the encampment. It
was evident that Israel had the
favor of God because they had
the plan of salvation in the
sanctuary and had the ten
commandments law as the
standard of righteousness.
Because Balaam had cherished
sin in his life and turned away
from the truths of God, he died
a lost man. He was unable to
curse the Israelites and lost the
earthly crown as well as the
heavenly crown because of
covetousness.

After the death of Moses, Joshua
became the leader of Israel.
Eventually the Israelites were still
encamped on the east side of
Jordan. God was about to perform
another miracle for His people. At
the appointed time, Joshua said,
“Hereby ye shall know that the
living God is among you, and that
he will without fail drive out from
before you the Canaanites…
Behold, the ark of the covenant of
the LORD of all the earth passeth
over before you into Jordan.”
Josh. 3:11

At the appointed time began the
onward movement, the ark,
borne upon the shoulders of the
priests, leading the van. The
people had been directed to fall
back, so that there was a vacant
space of more than half a mile
about the ark. All watched with
deep interest as the priests
advanced down the bank of the
Jordan. They saw them with the
sacred ark move steadily
forward toward the angry,
surging stream, till the feet of
the bearers were dipped into the
waters.

Then suddenly the tide above
was swept back, while the
current below flowed on. And
the bed of the river was laid
bare.
At the divine command, the
priests advanced to the middle
of the channel, and stood there,
while the entire host descended
and crossed to the farther side.

Throughout the book of
Revelation we find many
references that apply to the
sanctuary. In revelation 1 we
read of John on the isle of
Patmos being taken off into
vision and seeing Jesus in the
midst of seven golden
candlestick, “clothed with a
garment down to the foot, and
girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.” Rev. 1:13

Christ is high priest and
mediator on the heavenly
sanctuary, yet He is
represented as walking up and
down in the midst of His
churches on earth. Remember
that the seven branches
candlestick in the holy place
of the tabernacle represented
God’s true church. Christ will
care and watch over His
church all the way to His
second advent.

God’s remnant church on
earth is described in
Revelation 12:17 “And the
dragon (Satan) was wroth
with the woman (Christ’s
true church) and went to
make war with the remnant
of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and
the the testimony of Jesus
Christ.”

In the 14th chapter of
Revelation we read of three
angels messages, The third
angel is a mighty messenger
that has a most important
message to give to the world.
As the angel descends to the
earth with power and majesty,
he proclaims a fearful warning,
with the most terrible
threatening ever born to man.

And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
“If any man worship the beast
and his image, and receive his
mark in his forehead, or in his
hand, the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of
God…” Rev. 14:9,10
The third angel closes his
message thus: “Here is the
patience of the saints; here are
they that keep the
commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12

As he repeats these words, he
points to the heavenly
sanctuary. The minds of all
who embrace this message are
directed to the most holy place
where Jesus stands before the
ark, making His final
intercession for all those for
whom mercy still lingers.
Within the ark are the tables of
stone with the ten
commandments.. In the heart
of the commandments the
fourth commandment shines
forth revealing God’s authority
to be worshiped as our Creator
God.

There will be a time when
probation will close for the
human race. Jesus, our great
High Priest, will complete His
work as our mediator and
intercessor. In the 8th chapter
of revelation we read:

“And I saw the seven angles
which stood before God; and
to them were given seven
trumpets. And another angel
came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it
with the prayers of all saints
upon the golden altar which
was before the throne.

And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayer of
the saints, ascended up before
God out of the angel’s hand.
And the angel took the censer,
and filled it with fire of the altar,
and cast it into the earth: and
there were voices, and
thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake. And the seven
angels which had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to
sound. Rev. 8:5,6 Rev. 9:20
states that the trumpets are the
plagues after probation closes.

Christ is today standing at the
altar of incense presenting before
God the prayers of those who
desire His help. DA568 The
angel (supreme messenger) that
casts down the censer in Rev. 8:5
is Christ. When Jesus, our great
High Priest, cast down the censer
that will be the close of
probation for mankind. Jesus
will say “He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is
holy, let him be holy still.”
Rev.22:11

When Jesus comes the second
time He will not come as a
High Priest but as King of
Kings, and LORD of LORDs.
He is pictured symbolically as
riding a white horse. Jesus rides
forth as a mighty conqueror. He
comes victor in heaven and
earth to judge the living and the
dead. “Faithful and true,” “In
righteousness He doth judge
and make war.” and “The
armies which were in heaven
follow Him on white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and
clean.” Rev. 19:14

All the angels of heaven are
being marshaled to escort the
King of Glory, the world’s
Redeemer. “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour
before Him, and it shall be very
tempestuous round about Him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth,
that He may judge His people.”
Ps.50:3,4

“His eyes were as a flame of
fire, and on his head were many
crowns; and he had a name
written that no man knew, but
he himself. And he was clothed
with a vesture dipped in blood;
and his name is called The
Word of God.” Rev. 19:12,13

BEHOLD THE LAMB

And The Congregation Said “Amen”